Bleu Herron

[Alexander Koenders]

Espacialy for Arthur;) A Photograph without de border:)

Olympus E3, Zuiko ED300 F2.8, Zuiko 2.0 converter, 600mm focuslength, 1/320sec, F6.3, ISO400, -0.3 stops

[Desmond Chan]

Lovely light and warm tone ! Clear and sharp looking bird with good details ! I have reservation about the oof background at the very top of the image though.

Would you also consider rotating counter-clockwise the image by a degree or so? :)

Thanks for sharing !!

[Arthur Morris]

Thank you Alexander, I love the sparkling vegetation in this one, and the bird too. The reflection was a bit weak and therefor distracting, thus the repost (after leveling the image and adding a bit of canvas top and right to even it out).

I gotta say this, among the folks that photograph with equipment other than Nikon of Canon, you consistently produce the very best images of avian subjects. I mean that as a huge compliment though I am sure that somebody out there will be able to take it negatively.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Oh man, check out that sweet light. Perfect landing pose and excellent surroundings too, very appealing. Artie's tweaks pushes the image even higher.

[Ramon M. Casares]

Wonderfull pose, light, detail, comp, colors and BG, I might be tempted to eliminate the horizon from the shot, still it looks excellent to me. Repost works nicely too.
Congratulations!

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

When I first saw this image I was temped to crop it as a pano, Arthur is really fast and did it before. That's a great compo and love this image for been simple yet been intimate.

[Dave Phillips]

love the sweet light/pose......I can almost see the light just coming over the horizon
on my right. Repost is superb for this one IMO

[Juan Aragonés]

Fantastic landing pose Alex. The warm light is outstanding and I love the mass of Ranunculus in the water. I like the reflection in the water and would increase saturation just a bit but the horizon line is a bit distracting to my taste. Excelent result with the 2XTC.

[Alexander Koenders]

Thanks For the compliments and how I love the repost done by Arthur. The photograph becomes much easier to look at but on the other side the reflection makes it a little less sterile.
I also like to thank you Arthur for noticing the fact that my choice to shoot with Olympus isn’t so bad at all. Perhaps I am the only one on this forum bud that is what I especially like…to be a little unique:o

[Stu Bowie]

Sweet light, and love the angle of flight. Lovely warm colours, and both comps work for me. Well captured.

[Morkel Erasmus]

love the warm colour and details in this - both comps work. sweet shot with great incoming angle.

[Arthur Morris]

Thanks For the compliments and how I love the repost done by Arthur. The photograph becomes much easier to look at but on the other side the reflection makes it a little less sterile.
I also like to thank you Arthur for noticing the fact that my choice to shoot with Olympus isn’t so bad at all. Perhaps I am the only one on this forum bud that is what I especially like…to be a little unique:o

HI Alexander, You are welcome. With the reflection broken up by the vegetation it is a big distraction to me, thus the crop :) And yes, unique is good.

[Dave Barnes]

I love the feel and the light captured in this shot. Moment and atmosphere well captured.